Where does “limitar” come from?
limitar (Portuguese) comes from Latin līmitō, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
limitar (Portuguese): to limit, confine, demarcate
Definitions
- to limit, confine, demarcate
Ancestry of “limitar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | līmitō | — |
| 2 | Latin | līmes | — |
| 3 | Latin | līmus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |